волокно

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volkъnò.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vəɫɐkˈno]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

волокно́ • (voloknón inan (genitive волокна́, nominative plural воло́кна, genitive plural воло́кон, relational adjective волоко́нный, diminutive волоко́нце)

  1. fibre, filament
  2. grain (of wood)

Declension

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “волокно”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian волокно (volokno), from Proto-Slavic *volkъnò.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wɔɫɔkˈnɔ]

Noun

волокно́ • (voloknón inan (genitive волокна́, nominative plural воло́кна, genitive plural воло́кон, relational adjective волоко́нний, diminutive волоко́нце)

  1. (countable) fibre, filament (single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section)
  2. (uncountable, collective) fibre (material in the form of fibres)
    Hyponym: пря́диво n (prjádyvo)
  3. (cytology, countable, chiefly in the plural) fibre (long tubular cell found in living tissue)

Declension

Declension of волокно́
(inan hard neut-form accent-d reduc)
singular plural
nominative волокно́
voloknó
воло́кна
volókna
genitive волокна́
volokná
воло́кон
volókon
dative волокну́
voloknú
воло́кнам
volóknam
accusative волокно́
voloknó
воло́кна
volókna
instrumental волокно́м
voloknóm
воло́кнами
volóknamy
locative волокні́, волокну́
volokní, voloknú
воло́кнах
volóknax
vocative волокно́
voloknó
воло́кна
volókna

Derived terms

  • волокни́на f (voloknýna)
  • волокни́стий (voloknýstyj)
  • волокнува́тий (voloknuvátyj)
  • опти́чне волокно́ n (optýčne voloknó)
  • синтети́чне волокно́ n (syntetýčne voloknó)

Further reading